Comparative Practical Guide to Spanish and Portuguese: A Guide to the Major Pitfalls Between the Two Languages

By Rubem Lima

Have you ever been baffled by the disagreements in meaning, grammar, and pronunciation between these two closely related languages that seem close in writing, but really do not sound that close?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Balboa Press
• Release date: Jan 16, 2020
• ISBN: 9781982241162

Rubem Lima

Rubem Lima has spent nearly five decades teaching Spanish and Portuguese. He has observed and cataloged all the problems that people have trying to learn the other language when knowing one of them. His work as instructional manager for a major US language company and as interpreter/translator in several languages has prepared him in unique ways to write a guide to handle this challenge.

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ISBN: 978-1-9822-4115-5 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-9822-4116-2 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2020900452

Balboa Press rev. date: 01/15/2020

CONTENTS

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Section 1 Introduction

Section 2 Phonology

Section 3 Comparison of Stressed Syllables

Section 4 Genders

Section 5 Spelling

Section 6 Morphology

Section 7 Forms

Section 8 Syntax

Section 9 Semantics

Section 10 Vocabulary Choice

Section 11 Brazilian Vs. European